America The Beautiful chords by Traditional

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

America the Beautiful

Text by Katharine L. Bates, 1859 - 1929
Music: MATERNA; Samuel A. Ward, 1848 - 1903

Official Music Sheet: https://www.ocp.org/en-us/songs/118?p=90246


Intro:
A augmentedA A7A7 D MajorD  A augmentedA  D MajorD E7E7 A augmentedA

Verse 1:
A augmentedA        E MajorE
O beautiful for spacious skies,
  E7E7       A augmentedA  E7E7
For amber waves of grain,
  A augmentedA        E MajorE
For purple mountain majesties
 B7B7        E MajorE  E7E7
Above the fruited plain!
 A augmentedA    B minorBm  E MajorE
America! America!
  E7E7        A augmentedA  A7A7
God shed his grace on thee,
  D MajorD          A augmentedA
And crown thy good with brotherhood,
   D MajorD   E7E7   A augmentedA
from sea to shining sea!


Verse 2:
A augmentedA        E MajorE
O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
    E7E7        A augmentedA  E7E7
Whose stern, impassioned stress
 A augmentedA        E MajorE
A augmentedA thoroughfare of freedom beat
 B7B7       E MajorE  E7E7
Across the wilderness!
 A augmentedA    B minorBm  E MajorE
America! America!
  E7E7        A augmentedA  A7A7
God mend thine every flaw,
  D MajorD        A augmentedA
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
  D MajorD  E7E7  A augmentedA
Thy liberty in law!

Verse 3:
A augmentedA        E MajorE
O beautiful for heroes proved
  E7E7     A augmentedA  E7E7
In liberating strife,
  A augmentedA           E MajorE
Who more than self their country loved,
  B7B7       E MajorE  E7E7
and mercy more than life!
 A augmentedA    B minorBm  E MajorE
America! America!
   E7E7      A augmentedA  A7A7
May God thy gold refine,
   D MajorD       A augmentedA
Till all success be nobleness,
  D MajorD   E7E7   A augmentedA
and every gain divine!


Verse 4:
A augmentedA        E MajorE
O beautiful for patriot dream
   E7E7       A augmentedA  E7E7
That sees beyond the years
   A augmentedA     E MajorE
Thine alabaster cities gleam,
  B7B7       E MajorE  E7E7
undimmed by human tears!
 A augmentedA    B minorBm  E MajorE
America! America!
  E7E7        A augmentedA  A7A7
God shed his grace on thee,
   D MajorD          A augmentedA
And crown thy good with brotherhood
   D MajorD   E7E7   A augmentedA
From sea to shining sea!

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